"pot-sherd" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

Forms: pot scarth [alternative], pot scherd [alternative], pot-shō̆rd [alternative]
Etymology: From pot + sherd, from pot, pote, potte (“a container, pot, vessel; especially an earthenware vessel”) (from late Old English pot, pott (“a pot”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *budn- (“a type of vessel”)) + sherd (“piece of fired clay or broken earthenware; potsherd”) (from Old English sceard (“a shard, sherd”), from Proto-Germanic *skardą (“a nick, notch”)). Etymology templates: {{compound|enm|pot|sherd}} pot + sherd, {{inh|enm|ang|pot}} Old English pot, {{inh|enm|ine-pro|*budn-||a type of vessel}} Proto-Indo-European *budn- (“a type of vessel”), {{inh|enm|ang|sceard||a shard, sherd}} Old English sceard (“a shard, sherd”), {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*skardą||a nick, notch}} Proto-Germanic *skardą (“a nick, notch”) Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|head=pot-sherd}} pot-sherd
  1. pottery shard; potsherd
    Sense id: en-pot-sherd-enm-noun-9ao95t42 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries
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